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National Security Human Capital Program / Technology & National Security
Put the X-47B Back to Work — As a TankerSalty Dog 501 and 502 sit silent in their hangars, their expected contributions to naval aviation unfulfilled. Before the Navy spends time and money ginning up another expensi...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Commentary: What happens if pope rejects 'just war' theory?
Recent events in Rome indicate that some influential figures in the Vatican want Pope Francis to use his next encyclical to jettison the "just war" theory as the way the churc...
By Elbridge Colby
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National Security Human Capital Program
It’s Time to Declare Our Independence from Russian RocketsLast week, the Pentagon sent a letter to Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., an influential legislator when it comes to American space policy. Within the letter, Deputy Defense Secretar...
By Jerry Hendrix
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National Security Human Capital Program / Technology & National Security
The B-21 Bomber Should Be Unmanned on Day 1While plans for the B-21 — née Long Range Strike-Bomber — have long included an unmanned option, Air Force officials have shown little interest in having that capability on Da...
By Kelley Sayler & Paul Scharre
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Time for Twitter to grow up: Column
Twitter recently barred Dataminr, a business partner of Twitter in which the social media company also holds a 5% stake, from providing its technology to the United States int...
By Ben FitzGerald
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
U.S. ‘Ambiguity’ on Taiwan Is DangerousIf China were to attack Taiwan, would American forces come to the island’s defense? It is hard to know because the U.S. maintains a policy of “strategic ambiguity” concerning ...
By Elbridge Colby
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Vietnam: From enemy to partner(CNN) – Traveling to Vietnam with Sen. John McCain a few years ago, it was clear to me just how far the relationship between two former enemies had come. Viewing the dark cel...
By Richard Fontaine
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National Security Human Capital Program
Naysayers Are Learning the Wrong Lessons About the Littoral Combat ShipRecently, the distinguished national security practitioner and analyst Lawrence Korb, whom I hold in the highest professional regard, detailed four lessons from the saga of th...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Fighting Terrorism in Syria: It's More Than ISIS
The fact of the matter is that although the United States has provided military assistance to individual Syrian armed opposition groups led by “trusted commanders” since 2012,...
By Nicholas Heras
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The liberal international order is under fire. The United States must defend it.
Hardly a day goes by without evidence that the liberal international order of the past seven decades is being eroded. China and Russia are attempting to fashion a world in the...
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Defense / National Security Human Capital Program
The DIUx Is Dead. Long Live The DIUx.Defense Secretary Ash Carter launched his high-profile Silicon Valley outpost a year ago to great fanfare and high expectations. Less than a year later, he has completely over...
By Ben FitzGerald & Loren DeJonge Schulman
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National Security Human Capital Program
Observations on Global Military PostureThe secretary of defense has outsized influence over America’s global network of bases, the number of military personnel stationed overseas, and the frequency of internation...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman & Shawn Brimley
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Defense / Middle East Security
From the Bottom, Up: A Strategy for U.S. Military Support to Syria’s Armed OppositionAs negotiations continue to uphold a teetering ceasefire in Syria, Center for a New American Security (CNAS) Middle East Security Program researcher Nicholas Heras has written...
By Nicholas Heras
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Understanding the Promise — and Limits — of Sanctions
Last week, David Francis and Lara Jakes published a report for Foreign Policy, titled “Sanctions Are a Failure… Let’s Admit That,” on the feeling in Washington that recent a...
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Capitalize on native speakers of the digital languages
One divide in the United States is becoming increasingly clear — the split between those who can remember their first encounter with digital technology and those who cannot. F...
By Jacqueline Parziale
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How Islam Created Europe
Europe was essentially defined by Islam. And Islam is redefining it now. For centuries in early and middle antiquity, Europe meant the world surrounding the Mediterranean, or ...
By Robert D. Kaplan
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Notable & Quotable: Anarchy in the 21st Century
From foreign-affairs analyst Robert D. Kaplan's "The Post-Imperial Moment: Vulgar, populist anarchy will define the twenty-first century" in the May-June issue of the National...
By Robert D. Kaplan
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Brexit Will Shatter Europe
On June 23, the United Kingdom will hold a referendum that will determine whether it remains a member of the European Union. Arguments abound in both the pro- and anti...
By Michelle Shevin-Coetzee & Rachel Rizzo
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
How China Sees World OrderChina's rapid ascent to great-power status has, more than any other international development, raised concerns about the future of the liberal international order. Forged in t...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper & Richard Fontaine
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What the US Gives Its Mideast Partners Isn’t Always What They Need
As President Obama heads to Saudi Arabia later this week for a summit with Gulf Cooperation Council leaders, the American public and policymakers are generally united in their...
By Ilan Goldenberg & Peter Kirechu